«If you are a small and rich Muslim country, it is difficult to defend your national and state interests and it becomes difficult to pursue an independent foreign policy," the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov wrote on his Twitter page.
"But the country is subjected to pressure of various kinds from all sides, it means that the country is going the right direction," Mammadov made a profound conclusion.
We could assume that the status posted by Mammadov is a response to the international criticism of human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
"The right course" is probably the presence of political prisoners in the country, the persecution of civil society, arrests of journalists and others.
According to human rights organizations, currently there are 80 political prisoners in Azerbaijan, including more than 20 "prisoners of conscience". -03D-
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On 26 December, lawyer Elchin Sadygov made a closing speech at the trial of activist Rail Abbasov at the Baku Court for Serious Crimes.
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It'd be wrong to hypothesise causes of the plane crash near Aktau when an investigation is still underway, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
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As a sign of solidarity with Azerbaijan, on the Day of National Mourning on 26 December the flags of the European Union and France were lowered at the French Embassy in Baku. This is stated in the message on the account of the French Embassy in social network X.
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A memorial panel has been erected at Baku airport in memory of the victims of the Baku-Grozny AZAL plane crash.
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